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Lexicon :: Strong's H7981 - šᵊlēṭ

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שְׁלֵט
Transliteration
šᵊlēṭ
Pronunciation
shel-ate'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to שָׁלַט (H7980)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 3034

Strong’s Definitions

שְׁלֵט shᵉlêṭ, shel-ate'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H7980:—have the mastery, have power, bear rule, be (make) ruler.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H7981 in the following manner: ...ruler (4x), have power, have mastery, rule (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H7981 in the following manner: ...ruler (4x), have power, have mastery, rule (1x).

  1. to have power, rule, domineer, rule over

    1. (P'al) have power upon or over, rule, fall upon, assault, be ruler

    2. (Aphel) make ruler

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שְׁלֵט shᵉlêṭ, shel-ate'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H7980:—have the mastery, have power, bear rule, be (make) ruler.
STRONGS H7981: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

שְׁלֵט verb have power, rule (Targum Syriac; Biblical Hebrew H7980 (which see) late); —
Pe. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Daniel 3:27, 3rd person masculine plural שְׁלִ֫טוּ Daniel 6:25 [Daniel 6:24]; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁלַ֑ט Daniel 5:7, 3rd person feminine singular תִּשְׁלַט Daniel 2:39, 2nd person masculine singular תִּשְׁלַ֑ט Daniel 5:16; — have power upon, ב of thing, Daniel 3:27 (of fire); fall upon, assault (Targum = בְּ פָּגַע), ב person Daniel 6:25 [Daniel 6:24]; (of lions); subject person rule, be ruler, absolute, Daniel 5:7, Daniel 5:16, subject kingdom, ב of earth, Daniel 2:39.
Haph. make ruler: Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix הַשְׁלְטָח Daniel 2:38 (ב person, etc.); הַשְׁלְטֵהּ Daniel 2:48 (עַל of province).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Daniel

2:38; 2:39; 2:39; 2:48; 3:27; 3:27; 5:7; 5:7; 5:16; 5:16; 6:24; 6:24

H7981

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7981 matches the Hebrew שְׁלֵט (šᵊlēṭ),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:38 - And wheresoever H3606 the children H1123 of men H606 dwell, H1753 the beasts H2423 of the field H1251 and the fowls H5776 of the heaven H8065 hath he given H3052 into thine hand, H3028 and hath made thee ruler H7981 over them all. H3606 Thou H607 art this head H7217 of gold. H1722

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:39 - And after H870 thee shall arise H6966 another H317 kingdom H4437 inferior H772 to thee, H4481 and another H317 third H8523 kingdom H4437 of brass, H5174 which shall bear rule H7981 over all H3606 the earth. H772

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:48 - Then H116 the king H4430 made H7236 ➔ Daniel H1841 a great man, H7236 and gave H3052 him many H7690 great H7260 gifts, H4978 and made him ruler H7981 over H5922 the whole H3606 province H4083 of Babylon, H895 and chief H7229 of the governors H5460 over H5922 all H3606 the wise H2445 men of Babylon. H895

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:27 - And the princes, H324 governors, H5460 and captains, H6347 and the king's H4430 counsellors, H1907 being gathered together, H3673 saw H2370 these H479 men, H1400 upon whose bodies H1655 the fire H5135 had no H3809 power, H7981 nor H3809 was an hair H8177 of their head H7217 singed, H2761 neither H3809 were their coats H5622 changed, H8133 nor H3809 the smell H7382 of fire H5135 had passed H5709 on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:7 - The king H4430 cried H7123 aloud H2429 to bring H5954 in the astrologers, H826 the Chaldeans, H3779 and the soothsayers. H1505 And the king H4430 spake, H6032 and said H560 to the wise H2445 men of Babylon, H895 Whosoever H606 H3606 shall read H7123 this H1836 writing, H3792 and shew H2324 me the interpretation H6591 thereof, shall be clothed H3848 with scarlet, H711 and have a chain H2002 of gold H1722 about H5922 his neck, H6676 and shall be the third H8523 ruler H7981 in the kingdom. H4437

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:16 - And I H576 have heard H8086 of thee, H5922 that thou canst H3202 make H6590 interpretations, H6591 and dissolve H8271 doubts: H7001 now H3705 if H2006 thou canst H3202 read H7123 the writing, H3792 and make known H3046 to me the interpretation H6591 thereof, thou shalt be clothed H3848 with scarlet, H711 and have a chain H2002 of gold H1722 about H5922 thy neck, H6676 and shalt be the third H8531 ruler H7981 in the kingdom. H4437

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:24 - And the king H4430 commanded, H560 and they brought H858 those H479 men H1400 which had accused H399 H7170 Daniel, H1841 and they cast H7412 them into the den H1358 of lions, H744 them, H581 their children, H1123 and their wives; H5389 and the lions H744 had the mastery H5705 H7981 of them, and brake H1855 ➔ all H3606 their bones H1635 in pieces H1855 or ever H3809 they came H4291 at the bottom H773 of the den. H1358
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